From the monthly archives:

July 2010

Happy 1st Birthday, HCG!

July 29, 2010

July 28 was an incredibly important day at the Haus of Gina.  Yesterday we celebrated the first birthday of Here Comes Gina! We were so busy getting drunk and fielding press calls that we we didn’t have time to get this post up before midnight yesterday.
I nervously launched this site one year ago with [...]

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Dolce Vita for Target

July 26, 2010

Target has jumped the gun with its latest designer collaboration even earlier than usual.  The official release date for Target’s pairing with trendy shoe maker Dolce Vita was August 22, but the entire collection has gone live on the Target website today and has already been spotted in Target stores across the country.
Racked checked out [...]

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Brighten Up

July 23, 2010

HCG cherishes our summer manicure/pedicure sessions, and these recently released Chanel nail polish colors will surely be added to our stable of favorites.  Nouvelle Vague, a shimmery soft turquoise, reminds us of Chanel Jade – the fall 2009 limited edition green we obsessed over last year.  We can easily envision ourselves wearing this sea [...]

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Orange is the New Black

July 21, 2010

Book recommendations from certain friends hold varying degrees of weight.  A book recommendation from my friend Katie Maxwell rarely disappoints so when K. Max suggested I check out Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman, I didn’t waste (too much) time doing just that.
HCG highly recommends OITNB.  After [...]

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Build Your Summer Wardrobe: Part IV

July 19, 2010

You thought we gave up on building your summer wardrobe, didn’t you? Apparently summer is almost over, so this will be our last installment in this series.  In typical HCG fashion, we’ve decided to go out with a bang – with WEDGES!  Plus, I really wanted to post about the sick Prada wedges (shown above) [...]

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Flat Out Awesome

July 14, 2010

If you are a city dweller/worker who sports flats to and from the office, or if you are simply someone who loves comfortable footwear, Gap’s new City Flats are definitely worth checking out.
The shape of these flats and the elasticized opening are what initially lured me in; at first glance, I thought “Whoa, Lanvin!”  Obviously, [...]

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